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A small black-and-white promotional photograph of Louis Armstrong. The image shows a young Armstrong smiling broadly, leaning forward with his hands resting on the valves of his Selmer 19A trumpet. The photograph bears an inscription in Armstrong's hand across the lower left portion of the image, followed by printed text below the photograph reading "OFFERT PAR" (meaning "offered by" or "given by") and "All Songs." The photograph, taken by Maurice Seymour of Chicago, dates to 1935 and appears to have been used as a French promotional piece.